Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Day Four Bull Flag Pullback...Stay Focused Wait for the Bounce...HRB Up in After-hours on EPS


Setups to Watch for Wednesday

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Technical Commentary

SPY, DIA, QQQ = 4-day Bull Flag price pattern following record highs last week
IWM = close below short term support


Non-farm payrolls will be reported on Friday March 10this week.

Up Trend: XLF, XLI, XLB, XLY, XLK, XLP, XLU, XLV, XLRE
Sideways: XLE
Down Trend:

Breadth held at Monday’s levels as decliners led 2,080 to 901 on the NYSE and led 1,854 to 986 on the NASDAQ.

Tuesday – continued weak, decliners led, 1 sector unchanged
Monday – weakened, decliners led, +1
Friday – strengthened, advancers led on the NYSE, +4
Thursday – weakened, decliners led, +1
Wednesday – strengthened, advancers led, +8

DIA -0.15%, QQQ -0.17%, SPY -0.30%, IWM -0.65%,


Stock indexes were down for the fourth straight day on below average volume on Tuesday.

SPY down .71 at 237.00 on 65.1 million shares, 13% below average volume,
VIX up .21 at 11.45
TLT down .36 at 118.42…on 7.0 million shares 20% below average volume

Oil futures were down .39 to close at 52.79 on Tuesday.  

The SPY MFC green line is in the upper zone at 86 bullish

6-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up

3-day Short Term Market Trend: Down


SPX and NDX Highlights

SPX down 7 points at 2,368.

SPX  gainers HUM, VIAB, ALB, FFIV, BBY, LEN, PHM, DHI, EA, SRCL, NVDA, TXN, ESS, PX, GPN, NTRS, PCG, RTN, PDCO, PM, EXPE, CAN, BAX, QRVO, MO, CBG, EW, INTC, BA, AVGO, SYMC, SRE, XL, CRM, UTX, ATVI

QQQ closes down .22 at 130.51.
   
NDX point leaders: GOOG, GOOL, INTC, MSFT, AAPL, TXN, NVDA, DISH, AVGO and QCOM

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34 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher and one was unchanged on Tuesday.

66 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA, pullback day 4.

NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
DISH, VIAB

Moving Below 30 DMA = 13
ALXN, BMRN, CHTR, ESRX, FOXA, MAR, NFLX, PCAR, ROST, SBUX, TMUS, ULTA, VOD


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Strong Stocks: Setups and Moves You Can Use

Bull Flag Setups include: QQQ, SPY, DIA, XLF, FAS, XLI, XLK, XLP, IYR,

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AXP, BA, DIS, JPM, MCD, UTX, GS, MMM,
JD, STX, KLAC, LRCX, MNST, MYL, NTAP, NTES, PAYX, PCLN, YHOO, NCLH, MAR, CTRP, SBUX, AMZN, INTU,
GLW, FLEX, BAC, C, WFC, USB, ZION, HBAN, HIG, MS,, SCHW, SRCL, LUV, SQ, SHOP, CC, GD, SODA, GM, LOW,

One Day Pullback:

Bull Flag Bounces include: TXN, AVGO, WUBA, VIAB, WIX, (5)

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Horizontal Breakout Setups include: AMAT, PYPL, ADBE, SYMC, WDC, CSX, DE, AA, DD, NRG, BABA, CL, MXIM,

Horizontal Breakouts include: ATVI,  

New Highs include: AAPL, CLX, FB, MU, UNH, ADI,  

At Support Setups include: STI, RF, INTC, ALK, CCL, HAL, WB, VALE, X, NUE, TMUS, AMD, RCL, ROST, PG, IBM, EBAY, TLT, LNG, NKE, PANW, UPS, MT, CHK, AMBA, BHI, PCAR, ETFC, SWKS, COST,

Support Bounce: GOOGL, NVDA, SOXL, CAT, BBY,


Break of Support: IWM, STLD, ULTA, CLF, ADSK, HES, CF, MGM, COST, GDXJ,


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Earnings

This week:
Monday
Tuesday – HRB, URBN
Wednesday
Thursday – SIG, SPLS, ULTA
Friday

Earnings Reports
After-hours reports
HRB +1.63, +7.82%
URBN -0.41, -1.61%

2016 Q4 EPS (since Feb 15)
EPS Positive Reactions
BIG, MNST, BURL, DLTR, AVGO, LOW, MYL, DCI, WUBA, ALB, BWXT, IONS, PCLN, ENDP, FL, KSS, INTU, JWN, NCLH, CTRP, WMT, HD, HSIC, XRAY, SHPG, NTES, SRCL, NTAP, CSCO, SHPG, WIX, ADI, WYN, SODA,

EPS Negative Reactions
COST, KR, PANW, BBY, AMBA, ROST, TGT, QVCA, BIDU, BMRN, TSLA, SINA, LB, SLCA, VRSK, DISH, TRIP, ALXN, FOSL, AIG, DVN, KHC,




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